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About Shrewsbury Castle

Shrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone chateau in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It remains on a slope in the neck of the wind of the River Severn on which the town initially created. The stronghold, straightforwardly above Shrewsbury railroad station, is a Grade I recorded building. The Shropshire Horticultural Society obtained the mansion from a private proprietor and offered it to the town in 1924. The stronghold was inside rebuilt to end up the home of the Shropshire Regimental Museum when it moved from Copthorne Barracks in 1985.

The exhibition hall was assaulted by the IRA on 25 August 1992 and broad harm to the accumulation and to a portion of the Castle came about. In 1138, King Stephen successfully attacked the chateau held by William Fitz Alan for the Empress Maud amid the period known as The Anarchy. The exhibition hall joins the accumulations of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry and the Shropshire Yeomanry. Laura's Tower disregards the encompassing townscape and field and is frequently utilized as a background for weddings.

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